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Christopher W Blackwell
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Incarcerated Writer & Artist. Content dictated over a prison payphone and into the Bluesky world. Links here: https://linktr.ee/christopherwblackwell
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Christopher W Blackwell @chriswblackwell.bsky.social · Aug 27
Solitary is torture. I survived it.

Now I’ve written Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement (with Deborah Zalesne, and with Kwaneta Harris & Terry Kupers) to expose the truth and demand change.

📖 Pre-order now: www.plutobooks.com/978074535128...
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Jules Lobel calls Ending Isolation “a critical book” exposing solitary confinement as daily torture, blending lived, legal & medical insights. Out Sept 20.
📚 www.amazon.com/dp/0745351271

#JulesLobel #EndingIsolation #SolitaryConfinement #PrisonAbolition #BookRelease
September 11, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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Angela Davis calls Ending Isolation (out Sept 20) “a rekindling of our abolitionist impulses at a critical moment.”
📚 Preorder: www.amazon.com/dp/0745351271

#AngelaDavis #EndingIsolation #SolitaryConfinement #PrisonAbolition #BookRelease
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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Johnny Perez calls Ending Isolation “piercing clarity” on the truth of solitary confinement: not rehab, but “state-sponsored psychological torture.”
📚 www.amazon.com/dp/0745351271

#JohnnyPerez #EndingIsolation #SolitaryConfinement #PrisonAbolition #BookRelease
September 9, 2025 at 11:09 PM
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For Open Secrets Magazine, @chriswblackwell.bsky.social starts his essay with: "How did I end up a prison journalist? That is a question I’ve asked myself many times."

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From Dropout to Journalist…In Prison
How I found my voice as a storyteller while incarcerated and now help others become prison journalists
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September 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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For the @thephilacitizen.bsky.social, @chriswblackwell.bsky.social and Deborah Zalesne share how their love of the Eagles bonded them across difference and prison walls:

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Eagles Fandom Builds Unlikely Friendships
Being an Eagles fan is about more than just rooting for a team. It's a bond that can build friendships between outwardly unalike people
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September 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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In conjunction with @chriswblackwell.bsky.social + Deborah Zalesne's upcoming book release of ENDING ISOLATION, Zeke Magazine has a dedicated print issue about solitary confinement.

View it here: www.yumpu.com/en/document/...
ZEKE Magazine: Special Summer 2025 Issue
The Solitary Confinement Issue. Window into Solitary Stories of solitary confinement by 17 formerly 
incarcerated
www.yumpu.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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Seattle! 🚍✨ The Journey to Justice Tour is coming to Town Hall on Sept 13 (5–9PM) for the Seattle Storytelling Edition of Road Map to Ending Torture.

An evening of stories + visioning to end solitary confinement. RSVP here: journeytojusticeseattle.eventbrite.com

#JourneyToJustice #EndSolitary
September 6, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Within the span of a month two people in my prison system died by suicide while in solitary confinement. One of them was my friend, Boo. He had a life without sentence, cancer, and lost all hope in that torturous cell. I wonder if they'd be here today if solitary was banned.
September 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Tacoma 📣 Join us Sept 12 for a screening of The Strike at The Grand Cinema (6:30–9PM). Film + panel on resisting solitary confinement featuring folks from the film + more.

RSVP 🎟➡️ thestriketacoma.eventbrite.com

#TheStrikeFilm #EndSolitary #JourneyToJustice
September 6, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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Thank you @empowermentave.bsky.social! Much love!
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement (out Sept 20) is “a searing indictment and urgent call to action.” — Udi Offer, Princeton School of Public & International Affairs.

Preorder + read more reviews here: www.amazon.com/Ending-Isola...
August 29, 2025 at 8:28 PM
chriswblackwell.bsky.social
Solitary is torture. I survived it.

Now I’ve written Ending Isolation: The Case Against Solitary Confinement (with Deborah Zalesne, and with Kwaneta Harris & Terry Kupers) to expose the truth and demand change.

📖 Pre-order now: www.plutobooks.com/978074535128...
August 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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ZEKE Magazine has published their Solitary Confinement Issue, a collaboration between ZEKE Founder Glenn Ruga + myself.

It features powerful voices from inside exposing the devastating realities of isolation + calling for an end to this torture.

🔗 Read the issue, link in bio.
August 26, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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🔥 We’re taking the fight to end solitary confinement on the road. 🚍 This fall, 17 cities will feel the power of the #JourneyToJustice Tour.
📅 Sept 4–Oct 31, 2025 — see if we’re coming to your city: journeytojusticetour.com
#EndSolitary #AbolitionInAction
August 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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🔥 “To get a second chance at freedom, I had to walk back into Hell.”

My new piece in @thenation reflects on returning to the jail where I once endured solitary confinement—this time, to advocate for my freedom.
#EndSolitary #SolitaryIsTorture #PrisonJustice
July 30, 2025 at 9:57 PM
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📣 Incarceration isn’t entertainment. Exploitation isn’t justice.

Join @americaontrialinc Aug 1 to rally against Love After Lockup + all carceral reality TV.

🕛 12PM
📍11 Penn Plaza, NYC
#EndCarceralEntertainment #NotYourPlotTwist #AbolitionNow
July 22, 2025 at 8:22 PM
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🚨 July 23: The Moth’s Community Showcase at Roulette Intermedium (Brooklyn) features Christopher Blackwell (@christopherwblackwell)—the first currently incarcerated person ever invited to speak at a Moth event. Don’t miss it. 🎟️ themoth.org/events/commu...
July 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
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🕊 We want to honor the life of Robert (Boo) Lewis who recently committed suicide while detained in solitary confinement.

🔗 Visit the link in bio to learn more about the movement to end solitary confinement!

#endsolitaryconfinement #unlockthebox #chrisblackwell #solitary
July 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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⚠️ Sarah Sax and myself won the 2025 Stillwater Prison Journalism Award 🏅 for Best Collaboration. Decarceration is not just justice—it’s climate action! Check the link in bio to read the full piece!

#ChrisBlackwell #SarahSax #DecarcerationNow #PrisonJournalism #StillwaterAwards
June 30, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Thank you for the love!
June 29, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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🎙️ @KatherinHervey, a documentary filmmaker and lawyer, and I had an idea: Could a podcast, partly recorded behind prison walls, help uncover what truly connects us?

🔗 Listen to the podcast and learn more, link in bio!

#chrisblackwell #katherinhervey #brokenisbeautiful #podcast
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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📰 Chris alongside investigative journalist Sarah Sax explores how strip searches in U.S. prisons are rooted in racial oppression and continue to inflict trauma and humiliation, disproportionately affecting Black individuals and women.

#chrisblackwell #sarahsax #incarceration #stripsearch #theappeal
June 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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June 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Thank you for the interview! 🙏
valerieosier.bsky.social Valerie Osier @valerieosier.bsky.social · May 13
Getting to interview @chriswblackwell.bsky.social about being journalist who is incarcerated was a little like meeting a journalism celebrity.
Stay tuned for a pod segment from me and @aaronhedge.bsky.social!
June 5, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Thank you for all that you do @sarahlsax.bsky.social! 🙏
June 5, 2025 at 8:35 PM